BRENTWOOD — A 53-year-old Hayward man is in jail after he tried to run over a police officer following a botched bank forgery Thursday, police said.

The suspect later caused a collision that sent three people to the hospital.

Milton Johnson was booked into County Jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, burglary, forgery, and fleeing the scene of a traffic collision with injuries. He is being held without bail because he was a parolee at large, police said.

According to police, Johnson entered the Patelco Credit Union in the 5600 block of Lone Tree Way around 5:10 p.m. and tried to withdraw funds from an account that wasn’t his.

Before he could finish the transaction, Johnson fled and tried to run over a Brentwood police officer with his car in his haste to escape, police said. The officer jumped out of the way and was not hurt.

Johnson then got onto Lone Tree Way and was driving at a high rate of speed before colliding with another car at Fairside Way, police said. After trying to run from the crash scene, Johnson was arrested by Antioch and Brentwood police.

The three occupants of the car that was struck by Johnson were taken to local hospitals for non-life threatening injuries. The collision prompted the closure of Lone Tree Way from Canada Valley Road to Fairside Way for more than an hour.

Robert Salonga is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter covering criminal justice and public safety for The Mercury News. A San Jose native, he attended UCLA and has a Master's degree in journalism from the University of Maryland. He previously reported in Washington, D.C., Salinas and the East Bay, and is a middling triathlete. Reach him the low-tech way at 408-920-5002.